[Leica] Swirling Noctilux...... reply from Shinozuka

[Frank Filippone]

Way too much fun....   I notice that your daughter is more "leery" of the
camera than your son.....

The natural way of life......

Stick around... 

Frank Filippone

Red735i at verizon.net

-----Original Message-----
From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+red735i=verizon.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf
Of Rei Shinozuka
Sent: Monday, July 24, 2017 4:09 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: [Leica] Swirling Noctilux...... reply from Shinozuka


He's still kicking!

I switched to the digest version of LUG which means I do miss some topics of
interest.  For a while my eyesight was iffy, making photography challenging
but the cataract surgery has helped.

I was in Greece last month for my good friend's daughter's wedding, and I
did pack the M9 and M8.  Greece experienced a serious heatwave while we were
there, so I wasn't out and about as much with the gear as I would have
otherwise been.

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/shino/greece2017/

All the M9 images were taken with the Noctilux which is still my go-to lens.
I used to favor a 5-6ft distance where the Noctilux's optical idiosyncrasies
were in full evidence--but no one in my family lets me get that close
anymore.  A Heliopan 8x ND allows f1.0 on even bright days.

The M8 pictures were all taken with 21 Lux and Heliopan Series 8 Infrared RG
715 (88A) Filter--I'm still fascinated by the novelty of IR and the idea of
exploiting the M8's design limitation as a virtue.  Not a cloud in the
Aegean or Ionian sky, which is a pity because clouds always make IR images
pop.  The images are what you'd imagine ancient aliens might have left
behind on the planet Mars.

I confess the iPhone has reached a level of quality where I do use it to
excess.  (Forgive some of the over-processed images--the manipulations
looked good on the iPhone!)  I have no explanation for why I've gravitated
to the square format for iPhone images except perhaps that I miss using the
Rollei and Hasselblad.

-rei

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: *Frank Filippone* <red735i at verizon.net <mailto:red735i at verizon.net>>
Date: Sunday, July 23, 2017
Subject: [Leica] Swirling Noctilux......
To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org <mailto:lug at leica-users.org>>


I found the name of the person that took the swirling leaves shot, then I
found his Website.. Then finally I found the images I remember..



http://www.shinozuka.org/200110autumnlux2/index.html
<http://www.shinozuka.org/200110autumnlux2/index.html>



Wonder what happened to Rei?



Frank Filippone



Red735i at verizon.net <javascript:;>




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